cancer and age may be a hard mix. but james randi had cancer at 81 and walked it down. cancer is not a death sentance, chemo is more productive and less clumsy as it used to be. with chemo now part of protien strands it can target cancer cells.

he is relatively fit and resolute i hope he will make it through. good luck manny. a fight harder than ever before.

What a horrendous year it's been for boxing.
I pray Manny doesn't join the list of lost greats.

Since I've followed boxing intensely on the Internet, I find it seems like all years are horrible for boxing, because I'm constantly in the loop about who has died, when fights are canceled and what ridiculous garbage sanctioning bodies are up to. If I went back to the days where I relied on HBO and ESPN and Showtime, I wouldn't know a tenth of this stuff. Of course, I never want to see the year that tops Forest, Arguello and Gatti. 2009 was awful, for non-fight boxing news.